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First the insane telemetry in Horizon and now this. I learned to program writing GBA homebrew and absolutely love Nintendo games. The stuff they've done with t
by swiley 6y ago
First the insane telemetry in Horizon and now this.
I learned to program writing GBA homebrew and absolutely love Nintendo games. The stuff they've done with the switch is so sad.
- qwerty456127 6y agoThe moment I learnt about the surveillance/drm/etc stuff they do with the Switch I decided I definitely am not buying it. I was planning to buy it and to use it pretty normal kind of way until that.
- swiley 6y agoI haven't bought any new games ever since I started using homebrew because the idea of getting banned really weirds me out. It's so frustrating.
- Kaze404 6y agoYou're completely safe if you use an EmuNAND.
- 14 6y agoAny updated sites you can recommend for switch hacking. I have an original one so I know it is fully hackable just haven’t followed the scene in a while and wonder where it is at? Thanks
- Kaze404 6y agoSure. Have fun! https://switch.homebrew.guide/ https://switch.homebrew.guide/
- aranelsurion 6y agoThis might need more explanation: Bans are issued on some kind of unique per-device ID. So you're not completely safe using EmuNAND, unless you refrain from ever going online. Common practice is to do homebrew activity on EmuNAND without going online there, and keeping a clean SysNAND for online activities. You can also wipe uniquely identifying keys on EmuNAND and essentially ban yourself there, then you won't be able to use any Nintendo services (incl. updates & online play) in EmuNAND but you can go online for homebrew stuff -relatively- safe. So what you can't have is both homebrew and online services in the same NAND. Not to mention no matter how hard the community tries, each new update has the potential for Nintendo to introduce more "telemetry" to identify CFW devices before community gets wiser. Either way, there are no certainties when it comes to ban evasion.
- driverdan 6y agoSame here. I'd really like a Switch but refuse to buy general computing devices that don't give me root access.
- ryandrake 6y agoHow do you define a "general computing device?" Anything with a CPU?
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago(My view) Certainly anything that could load and run arbitrary code in the absence of artificial constraints. That is, I don't care about the processor running my kitchen timer, because it's fixed-purpose and couldn't run anything else without replacing physical memory chips (and even then it's iffy). On the other hand, the Switch is designed with the ability to download and run arbitrary code from cartridges or the internet, and the only reason I can't run my own code is because Nintendo blocks me from doing so, and that is objectionable.
- driverdan 6y agoI agree with this description. I don't expect access to something running a minimal SoC with code burned to its ROM. I do expect it for something with a general OS that runs arbitrary code. This can get tricky with modern devices. For example, pretty much every router runs some version of linux. Most do not give you root unless you flash your own firmware.
- ryandrake 6y agoAlso, a lot of IoT devices happen to run minimal but functional operating systems. I personally think whether something counts as "general purpose" or not is a gray area and depends greatly on the manufacturer's intent, and it's pretty clear that these manufacturers do not intend for users to run arbitrary software on the devices they make.
- gruez 6y agohorizon zero dawn was the first game I saw with such invasive privacy policy (no opt out, many unnecessary data collected), but I always wondered whether they're the first game to do it, or was only the first game to tell us.
- p410n3 6y agoDo you have any sources on those? I was unaware as of yet